. India and Malaysia . places, and a board-ing-school was necessary.* They were not rich, but had money enough to payboarding fees and all in-cidental expenses; themission, with a grantfrom Government, haspaid for teachers andbuildings. This schoolhas from the first re-ceived all pupils sent,without regard to raceor language, and hascombined in one happyfamily Hindustani, Ben-gali, Eurasian, and En-glish girls. All learnUrdu and English, andall are trained, as faras possible, to work forChrist. This school hasnow a collegiate depart-ment, and is affiliatedwith the Allahabad Uni-versity. But wh
. India and Malaysia . places, and a board-ing-school was necessary.* They were not rich, but had money enough to payboarding fees and all in-cidental expenses; themission, with a grantfrom Government, haspaid for teachers andbuildings. This schoolhas from the first re-ceived all pupils sent,without regard to raceor language, and hascombined in one happyfamily Hindustani, Ben-gali, Eurasian, and En-glish girls. All learnUrdu and English, andall are trained, as faras possible, to work forChrist. This school hasnow a collegiate depart-ment, and is affiliatedwith the Allahabad Uni-versity. But while girls were admitted without regard to race,there were some who wished their daughters to live more ex-pensively, with European instead of Indian food and cus- * These two young ladies, whose portraits are given, are represent-atives of the Eurasian community. They began their studies at Luck-now and Cawnpore, and received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts andBachelor of Medicine, respectively, at Calcutta and MISS EIvIvEX DABREU, B. M. EDUCATION AMONG WOMEN 375 toms. In 1874 a Eurasian gentleman, whose danghter at-tended the Lucknow school as a day-scholar, called to ask ifshe might be received as a boarder in the family of the ladymissionaries and teachers. She had to be refused for lack ofroom; but with the assurance that the matter would be keptin mind, and that, as soon as possible, a school would beopened for English-speaking girls. This was done a yearlater, at Cawnpore, andsoon after at Calcutta;next at IS^aini Tal, athigher rates, to coverthe expensive living ofthe hills; and next atRangoon, Poona, andBangalore. Thus a fieldwas entered which, forboth sowing and reap-ing, had been largelyin the hands of RomanCatholics. A class ofpeople who will spendall their lives in India,and be identified withits good or ill, sociallyand religiously, are be-ing taught in a mission-ary atmosphere, and,when possible, trainedfor Christian cost the Missionary Society
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